Anyway, was reading the articles in Harvest Times some time back but haven't had the time to blog about it. One of the 1st articles that caught my eye was the one on Pursuing Passion. I've always felt passion to be one of the key things that I want to have, something that I am constantly praying about not to lose in my life. Have been feeling pretty tired recently and this article spoke to me, and at the same time reminded me of certain people in my life: if only they will read this article too. 

Something that really struck me was when it said "People don't quit only because they are tired. People quit because they no longer believe in what they are doing." Wow. You know, the human us do come to certain points in our ministry and life when we just say "I'm really too tired, can I just let go and give up?". I think its comforting in a sense to know that tiredness is acceptable to a degree, because that very reason why we are so drained is because there is a pulling desire in us to go the extra mile for that one thing. 

Well...thoughts are swarming my head. Let's keep fighting a good fight, for those who are willing!

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Another thing that God spoke to me when I was talking to Zhinian at Sentosa was about making choices to love. Sometimes loving the authority figures in our lives (i.e. parents, leaders, bosses...) are not exactly the easiest to do, because their weaknesses that have been revealed in times of struggles and tiredness does deter us from wanting to love them. 

Was having a conversation with a colleague and we were talking on the topic of marriage and relationships. She said one thing that really made me think, "Sometimes it's not about how good or bad a life partner is. The people who stay strong in relationships and marriages and those who are able to overlook these weaknesses of their partners and still love them for who they are.". I thought that was so true: everyone has weaknesses, and there will come a point in our relationships where these horrendously disturbing habits/flaws of our partners and friends get to us, but are we able to stay on top of things by making a choice to love? 

How about also making a choice to love our non-Christian friends? About giving them more than natural friendship and love, but to love them so much you will not want them to miss out on the greatest gift you could offer to them.